Tree Tradition Turmoil

Last year we bought and decorated our tree on Friday, December 1st. That night Polar Express was on TV, and so as we were finishing it and eating dinner we thought how cool would it be to find and decorate our tree next year when they show Polar Express. Well, today is the DAY! We have Polar Express set to TVO at 8pm, and so we went to search for the tree this morning.

I love traditions. Now that we have a child, I am more into traditions than ever before because I want her to grow up like Josh and I did with a lot of great family traditions. So last year when a family from our church recommended a Christmas tree farm where they have a Santa Clause, hot chocolate, and a wagon ride to go find your tree I thought this would be the perfect tradition to start with Annabelle! The rest of the story will be told through pictures!

Ready to go!
After driving 45 minutes we finally see the sign!

So we follow the gravel(really dirt)road and we basically pass it. It was this little red hut with two guys waiting to take you on a wagon ride to get your tree. We asked where Santa Clause and the Hot Chocolate were but they said they only are on SATURDAY! (NOTE: We tried to call in advance to see when they were open and how much the trees are but couldn't find a phone number, even information didn't have a phone number--this should have been a SIGN to not go!)

So back in the car we go! After all I want to start this tradition, and we were determined to find a place where we could!

So we went to another one that we passed along the way.We actually saw several trees we liked, but there was no one there to help us! So we left! We decided just to go back to the same place that we went last year, which I guess in a way is tradition, not quite the one I was hoping for though. On the way back we were so hungry so we stopped at Subway (Thanks Mom and Dad ;-)

This place is just on the side of the road. But at this point, now 2 hours later we were were happy to have finally found a tree! The guy helped Josh strap it to the roof and we were quickly on our way!

It was so windy when we got home that as Josh was undoing the rope it almost fell off the car! Finally, we are home with our beautiful tree! It is a White Fir!